Wednesday Morning Music Shuffle - A Czech at the Blue Line Mix

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I saw a remarkable show at City Winery - Nashville last night.  It was a CD Release show for Darrell Scott's new album which features the songs of the late Ben Bullington.  You can read my review on No Depression here.

On to the shuffle....

Tuesday Morning Music Shuffle - If You Don't Know Mix

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Getting back on schedule...

ICYMI:  Check out my review of Dale Watson and Rosie Flores at Exit/In.

If you are in Nashville this evening, head on over to City Winery Nashville. A great night of music is on tap with #E2TG Artist of the Year Darrin Bradbury kicking things off at 8:00 sharp so don't be late. $5.00 to hear some really great people make really cool music.



Monday Morning Music Shuffle - Any Other Day Mix

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It's Monday - everything is going according to some plan - just not mine...

Let's get to the music....

PRE-SHUFFLE:

"This Song is Called Ragged" by Jonathan Boulet

"A Search for a Heart" by Kyle Andrews

"Charades" by The Joy of Painting

"Stick Around" by David Ramirez

"Leave the City" by Magnolia Electric Co.

"On my Mind In my Heart" by Jesse Dee


Shuffle after Jump

Monday Morning Music Shuffle - If a Tree... Mix

Here we go into another week. Couch by Couchwest has come to an end, but you can relive the glory here:

We got 10 songs this a.m. so let's get to it:

 

UK band, The xx are up first with VCR from the album xx. Be Kind and Rewind...

 

 

 Next up is Portland, Oregon band Loch Lomond with the lovely Elephants & Little Girls.

 

East LA band Los Lobos have been around since the mid 70s, but their breakthrough came in 1984 with release of the T-Bone Burnett produced How Will the Wolf Survive?  We have A Matter of Time today which I actually converted from a vinyl copy of the out of print Slash Records compilation Slash Cuts.

 

In typical random fashion, Bruce Springsteen's spare solo album Nebraska was the first CD I purchased (a few days before I bought my first CD player).  Atlantic City is our track today.

 

Beggars Banquet was released in 1968 and was the 7th studio album by the Rolling Stones.  Street Fighting Man  is just a great song.

The Sea and Cake come from Chicago.  Up on the Northshore from The Moonlight Butterfly album is a beautiful song that I fell in love with instantly.

 

Nashville's own Will Kimbrough (via Mobile, Alabama) fights against his Southern upbringing by deciding to be Less Polite a politically charged song from his politically charged album Americanitis. (Hint: This album is unlikely to be played at a Tea Party Rally).

 

 

I honestly didn't know until I started writing this post that Sam Prekop was in The Sea and Cake.  It makes sense, though.  Up above we have a link to an earlier release by Sam Prekop.  The song today, Arizona comes from a film called Pavilion by Tim Sutton.  Mr. Prekop contributed to the score. You can download your own copy of Arizona and stream another track called The Eve.  Stereogum will hook you up - here.

 

"Don't forget the Motor City..."  Outrageous Cherry have been around for ten years and have nine full-length albums to their credit.  Thanks to Beyond Beyond is Beyond and Bang Bang Boogaloo for turning me on to the band. Today's track, Unbalanced in the City is off of the band's latest album Seemingly Solid Reality.

And finally, Magnolia Electric Co. have been absent from the public since 2009 due to on-going personal issues of founder Jason Molina. You can find out more about that  - here. We have the amazing song, Whip-Poor-Will from the album Josephine.

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